the defense bill is a good example. i said let's move to the defense bill. they objected to it. they have been talking about it for months. i agreed to move to it, no preconditions at well right now i've read no preconditions at all. we have to do other things. we have a short period of time now and everything around here is being stalled and he talks about getting bills done. mr. president, this congress has gotten almost nothing done. we struggled through -- dealing with contraception, and work through that. and houses put that on their garbage pile and nothing happened with that and farm bills, we got almost nothing done because we have spent weeks, weeks getting on a bill so we can start legislating. mr. president, the republican leader thinks things are going on well here, he is in a distinct minority because things are not going well around here. an example i repeat, lyndon johnson, one cloture, harry reid, 386. that says it all. >> mr. president. >> a republican leader. >> when i quote the majority leader are using the exact words which i did throughout my comment. he mak